Well, it appears I did a little more damage to my ankle in last post’s antics than meets the eye.
I went in to the doc’s office today to get the damn thing casted up. They re-X-Rayed everything and also had some machine that can do pseudo X-Rays in full motion video so they can move [...]Read Full Article →

The thought’s occurred to me lately that maybe I’m going through a midlife crisis. Of course, that’s arguable. I think 31 is a little young to be claiming a midlife crisis, but then again if I live to be 62 then I’m spot on. Regardless…
While I was in Iraq this last time, I had [...]Read Full Article →

The economy is down. Many businesses, like Circuit City, are closing their doors for good. I guess jobless rates are peaking around 10% or so across the country. Other companies are barely keeping their heads above water (and even then, it’s with the aid of “governmental water wings”). Seems like the only way to get by [...]Read Full Article →

I finally got checked out to fly a few different airframes solo (or with anyone else that doesn’t have an instructor rating) out of Savannah Airport about 3 weeks ago. It took about 10 hours of flying to re-hash both my VFR and IFR currencies (though I have yet to get signed off on night [...]Read Full Article →

Before I left for my last overseas trip, I got to shoot some 105mm rounds from a Gunship (covered in The Big Guns). Most pilots know that rounds from big guns can be turned into drinking containers; hell, the 20mm shells from the F-16 can be seen in the form of shot glasses in many [...]Read Full Article →